Upstream information
Description
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. Prior to 0.49.1 , an unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted HTTP Range header that triggers quadratic-time processing in Starlette's FileResponse Range parsing/merging logic. This enables CPU exhaustion per request, causing denial-of-service for endpoints serving files (e.g., StaticFiles or any use of FileResponse). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.49.1.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) | SUSE | 
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.5 | 7.5 | 
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | 
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | 
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | 
| Privileges Required | None | None | 
| User Interaction | None | None | 
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | 
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None | 
| Integrity Impact | None | None | 
| Availability Impact | High | High | 
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 | 
| CVSS detail | SUSE | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.2 | 
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | 
| Attack Vector | Network | 
| Attack Complexity | High | 
| Attack Requirements | Present | 
| Privileges Required | None | 
| User Interaction | None | 
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | None | 
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | None | 
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High | 
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None | 
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None | 
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None | 
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 | 
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State | 
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | python-starlette | Affected | 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Oct 29 00:00:03 2025CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 29 13:03:46 2025
